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Check another important box off the 2026 NBA Draft timeline. On Wednesday night, the deadline for college players to withdraw their names from the NBA Draft came and went, providing a clear picture of who will be in this year’s field, at least from the college ranks.The deadline featured a few fireworks with Arizona’s Koa Peat staying in the draft and Arkansas’ Billy Richmond III, Vanderbilt’s Tyler Tanner and Alabama’s Amari Allen all removing their names from the draft and returning to SEC action next season.Iowa State’s Milan Momcilovic also decided to return to college, where he has already started a bidding war among the top names in…
A new ranking of the NFL’s best to worst starting quarterbacks contains three former Oregon Ducks quarterbacks. Oregon’s reputation for producing top-tier quarterbacks keeps growing, with much thanks to its NFL pipeline… and the success former Ducks are reaching once they hit the league. Jan 4, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix (10) hugs wife, Izzy Nix before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Empower Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images | Ron Chenoy-Imagn ImagesDuring the 2025 season, former Ducks quarterbacks led all college programs in total NFL regular season passing yards,…
(Mark Robinson / Matchroom Boxing) Rico Verhoeven, the heavyweight who pushed Oleksandr Usyk into the trenches on Saturday night in Egypt, will remain in boxing and wants to stay active. The Dutchman, now 1-1 (1 KOs) as a professional boxer, gave Usyk a terrific fight and was level on two scorecards and ahead on the third at the time of the stoppage, which came with a second left in the 11th round. Today, Verhoeven has done the media rounds and while he knows he lost, he believes he is a moral victor. “A hundred per cent,” he told BoxingScene. “The…
Women’s cricket fans from across Kent are being invited to come together this summer for a special Women’s World Cup Final Celebration at The Mote Cricket Club in Maidstone on Sunday 5 July.The Kent Cricket Foundation, in partnership with The Mote Cricket Club and Cure Parkinsons UK, are putting on a day of celebration for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final, hosted in England and Wales for 2026. This free community event will stream the World Cup Final on the big screen, live from 2:30pm, providing the perfect opportunity for families, players and supporters to enjoy the biggest match…
Jannik Sinner says he “could not find any energy” as he lost in the second round to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in one of the biggest French Open shocks in recent years – but the world number one did not believe the Paris heat was not to blame.Italy’s Sinner was the heavy favourite for the title, having dominated the men’s tour in recent months, and was on a 30-match winning streak going into Thursday’s match.After dropping just eight games in his Roland Garros opener against Clement Tabur, Sinner was in similarly commanding form against Cerundolo, leading 6-3 6-2 5-1 before suffering…
Game times have been revealed for the first three weeks of the upcoming college football season, and the Maryland Terrapins will have some late kickoffs in their non-conference slate.The Terps open the season Saturday, September 5 with their FCS game against Hampton. That contest will have an 8pm kickoff, and it will be televised on the Big Ten Network.The next week, Maryland has their first road trip of the year: a 3:30 kick at still-Independent UConn. That game will be featured on CBS Sports Network.After that, it’s back to College Park for a big matchup against James Franklin and former…
BYU star and potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA draft AJ Dybantsa divulged Thursday that he has been closely studying a Basketball Hall of Famer as he prepares to make the leap to the professional level.During an appearance on All The Smoke with former NBA players Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes (beginning at the 3:10 mark), Dybantsa named Tracy McGrady as a player whose game he has been familiarizing himself with:”My favorite player is Kevin Durant, easy one,” Dybantsa said. “But the comp I got recently was Tracy McGrady, so I’ve been studying a lot of Tracy.”Dybantsa…
The impetus of the Denver Broncos’ drastic turnaround is that they finally got the head coach/quarterback combination right, after eight years of one miss after another. Sean Payton arrived in 2023 as head coach, but the Broncos won only eight games because the quarterback situation with Russell Wilson wasn’t the right fit. Enter Bo Nix in 2024, and Payton finally got his guy to build around. The Broncos took off like a rocket, winning 24 games over the ensuing two years, an AFC West Crown, and came one tough Nix injury away from a Super Bowl berth. The Broncos are…
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted…
Scotland women opened their T20 tri-series in Edinburgh with a nine-wicket defeat of the Netherlands.The Dutch batted first and reached 141-8, with Robine Rijke top-scoring wth 46 before being bowled by Priyanaz Chatterji. Kirstie Gordon took 3-27 on her first Scotland appearance in nine years after she committed to them after playing for England in 2018. In reply, the hosts mounted a strong response, with Darcey Carter making 55, before Frederique Overdijk took the Netherlands’ only wicket.Katherine Fraser and captain Kathryn Bryce were 56 and 23 not out respectively as Scotland won with 31 balls to spare. Scotland face Bangladesh…